Towel rack



May 24, 1932. wHlTNEY 1,859,945 I TOWEL RACK Qriginal Filed Feb. 4. 1929 17 /5. A M H. meg f. jf

A TTOANL V Patented May. 24, 1932 V KARL H. WHITNEY, or KmK svILnE, iaissoniarnssrcnon qro .wnrriiraiiis FAGTURING COMPANY, INC., or KIRKYIIiLE, Issocni,,jA {ooit'rona'rron or;

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Application filedFebruary '4, 1929, Serial in; saiaaa new October 11 193 111 My invention relates to improvements in towel rack. one of its objects is to provide 7 an improved towel rack adapted to be constructed bystamping from sheet metal. Another object is to provide a towel rack of maximum strength by stamping from sheet metal;

Another object is to provide a towel rackby stamping from sheet metalwhichis ,economl cal of metal and utilizes practicallyall of the metal leaving practicallyno waste or scrap.

Another obj ect is to provide an improved 1 towel rack which tends to retain the towels in which my improved towel rack is formed. 7

Fig. 2 is a perspective. View, showing, a second step in the formation of the towel rack.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a completed towel rack. Y

Fig; 4 is as'ectional detail taken on line 44: of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a sectlonal detail taken on line 1 5-5 of Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a sectional detail of a modification. The accompanying drawings illustrate one embodiment of my invention in which a long and relatively narrow fiat blank is formed,

by stamping from sheet metal, sheet iron or steel for instance. The next step is to partially form the middle section 15'into a'tube or cylinder, which is done by stamping to cause the blank Fig. 1 to assume the shape shown in Fig. 2, by curving the middle of the section 15 transversely thereof andturn ing the opposite edges of the section 15 upwardly and substantially parallel one to the other. The edgesof'the section '15 are next closed together so as to form the section 15 into a tube'or hollow-cylinder.

The end or shoe sections 16 and 17 ,which are perforated at .20, are then bent upwardly at right angles to the bracket or supporting sections 18 and 19 along the transverse lines 21. The sections; 18 and 19 are then bent at W L'ERM Y Fig. lmay have a strip 241 thereofroughened verse l nes 22, so that 'thesections 18 and 19 cover and close-thejopenings atthe ends of the tubular section 15, :which; brings: the sections lfiand 17 into 'one'plane'atone side of the section 15," and: so"; that the completed towel rack may ibe attached to the wall means of screws .or bolts .53 'passed'th-rough the perforations 20 and into thesidewall' of 7 building. :111 order i=toprevent: towels thrown or suspended over the tubular section 15 from slipping or sliding from; the t'owel rack, a strip 24 offthesection11'5 is made' sufiiciently rough exteriorly: :ofi the section" .15to havefa tend'ency to: retain the towels in any position in which. they may b'e'plac'ed' upon thetowel rack, and to prevent the towels from sliding over the face of} the sectionil5flso as to fallcfrom: the towel rack-n In' order :to 7

provide this roughened surface the blank by the original stamping operation asshown ti'on of forming the towel rackq If desired the longitudinal seam where'thei edges 'of the *s'ection15 meet maybe either tacked together at int'ervals .01 entirelyclosed by an .electrowelding operation; -Also l if desired, the

sections 18 and-19 may be tacked in position" to the ends of the tubularsection. l5byigan i u l V in Fig.1. I A roughened or surface 24 may be applied.at a;l'ater,stage in theopera 1'13 7 lelectro-welding -operation=' to' increase the strength and rigidity of the-rack: Ordinar 'ilythe stamping operations'alonecombined 3 H with attachingthe rackto- 1a .wall by screws through the perforations 20. afl'ordsj-suflL cient strength and rigidity,-as the sections- 18- and 19are held rigidly across the endsof the tubular section 15, and. arespacedandbra'ced by. the ends of section 15,- while thesections 1'6 and .17 are ri'gidly'attachedat-o theiwallfan'd- 1 rigidly i space the opposite ends of sections In the modificationFig; -6j-the excessmetal 1 30' andg3l at the sides of the sections 32 and 1 corresponding "to Tthesections;181and 19 of Figs. l to 5 in' place of being cut away: are turnedlinlor' bent overjupon the faces. of the 7 sections 32to therebyfincrease the strengthand'rigidi-ty'of the sections s is capableof considerable modification withs in the scope of the claims'without departing The apparatus herein shown and'described from the spirit of my invention.

What I claim is: v

1. Ato wel' rack constructed'by stamping fromai single piece of sheet material coinprising'an intermediate tubular section, sup- -porting sections extending from opposite 'ends of said i'il'l'bilifar seCtiO Il' at substantially .iight""angies"thereto, and inwardly directed Q 7 shoe members adapted to attach said towels rack to a Wall extending from the free ends of said supporting. members s at substantially I right angles to said siipp orting meinbers.

towei' rack constructed from sheet metal lay-stamping comprising: a central tu- 'bula-rsection, supportingsections extending from opposite ends of said tubuiarsection-at stilestjaaitia -l1y right angles thereto; and inw-al'd ly'd irected' shoe'members adapted: to attach; saidtowel racktoa wall extendin :trom s 1 thefree endsofs'aidsupportinggrmem ersat 'siibstantiaLly right angles to said supperting I members-and parallel-With said tubular secs towelrack constructed froni sheetmetal ystamp'ing comprising a central tubular mien, supporting sections extendfing from opposite endsrof said tubular; section, at substa ntiially right angles to said'tubuiar'section p aind sozas to close the" ends of said tnbiila'r members zit-substantially right anglesrto said V supporting members.

section, and perforated shoe. members adapted to attach sazi d'towei rack to a wallxe xte'nd i ingcfirom the free ends oi' said supporting 4. A towel rack; constrncted: .fIIQI II; sheet 7 metal by (stamping comprising a' centraltnhula-r secti on, supporting, sections extending trom-roppositeends of said tubular-section; at substantially right angles "thereto timnd' broader Va t theirireeJends than where attmdiedtotthe ends of said tubular rsecti olnzdnd 7 shoemembe rs adapted to attach said towel V crack to a Wailextending from tree-ends right, angles'ito saidsitpporting members; 3 1.5.. A sheet metalb'lank for {311301'W811 rack comprisingan intermediate section'iof unii v item 7 Width and of the length desired in the towel :mck, supporting sections at opposite ends of said intermediate section of substantially Ethersame width] as said intermediate I sectimPat'their outer endsian'd of less width at their: junction With said" intermediatesectionyand shoe sectionsextending outwardly 7 from the free ends of said supporting sec tionsi and'of stibstantial l'ythesameWidth? as s said intermediate section T :In testimony whereof hav i V signature.

KARL WiiITNEY. 

